Angry Birds POP! (originally known as Angry Birds Stella POP!) is a bubble shooter of the Angry Birds series, and formerly, the second game of the Angry Birds Stella series. The game released on December 22, 2014 in the Canada App Store and released worldwide on March 12, 2015. On October 29, 2015, the game was added to Facebook.

Limited Time Birds

Enemies

Others

Bee Critters () (Every successful pop will bring in one bee into the playing field up to 3 bees. Miss one will lose one, and changes color every 3 successful pop. Drop onto it will bounce to score points, color changes in order ()

Gameplay

Map Music

The game features the slingshot lined up in the bottom center, the player flings the bubble to pop bubbles at the top with a combination of three or more bubbles with the same color. Each level will be given a limited number of bubbles indicated beside the slingshot known as the bubble count. Sometimes, there are some obstacles and special blocks appears at the top along with the bubbles. This game features a common live system starts with 5 x . Each level attempt must have at least a live in order to play. When you run out of bubbles, there will be an option to continue by purchasing 12 x in exchange for 5 x and 1 x each time or to give up. When you give up, will lose one of the lives. Afterwards, you may retry or if available watch an advertisement video to earn free boost at the beginning of the next attempt. If you lost all the lives, you must get lives from friends () or purchase with 10 x to continue playing. The game will feature the five characters that appears in Angry Birds Stella formerly, and after the Hamhock Holmes update, 5 characters from The Angry Birds Movie (including Stella as she is remained). Each character will have a special power that can be used when the Pop Meter is full to unlock powerful boosts from their powers like Stella's Power Pop, Bomb's Blast Pop and many more. To fill the Pop Meter (), you have to get Streaks, that means popping 6 times in a row without a single miss. The levels are in different modes and each of them marked as an icon and the level number (). Each kind of levels have a music in the game that distinguish different types of gameplay. When the level is completed, the number of stars () and if Golden Feather () was achieved it will be shown on the map (refer to gallery). Here we will show you a list of the kinds of levels that has been known:

Type

Type Image 1

Type Image 2

Icon (Locked)

Icon (Unlocked)

Music

Description

Drop the Pigs

Help Red (formerly Stella) to pop bubbles and drop all the pigs to win the level!

Blockers

Areas

Daily tasks

Since version 2.15, players are given 3 tasks to complete for 3 reward items such as boosters and gold. (Y denotes the number value).

Pop Y

Bounce times

Complete Y levels

Spend Y

Play as character Y times

Use Y times

Drop Y

Earn Y

Send Y

Swap times

Hit Y obstacle times

A quest will be shown while the task is in progression.

Collect rewards for each of the completed task. One booster for the first 2 tasks, and the last task will be a mystery boost reward either 2x or 3x of a boost.

Infinite Lives

By purchasing any bundle containing an infinite lives timer, the player will have unlimited lives and will not consume one when failed to complete the level. The expiry timer is shown on the lives left meter.

This is the first time a character who is playable before appearing but is not playable.

There is a lives system in this game. It works similar to Candy Crush Saga as failing a level costs 1 live and recharging for 30 minutes each.

This is the first Angry Birds video game that does not have its own Toons.TV video app, formerly, and now it has its own.

Red was the first bird to appear as a guest star twice.

This game is one of the two Angry Birds games that are available on Facebook. The other is Angry Birds Friends.

It is possible to get zero stars on levels, which means you fail the level. This makes the first Angry Birds game to do this. (Angry Birds Epic does not count because the game only gets zero stars on equipment.)

Some of the Time-Limited Birds appeared on mobile, and are not available on the Facebook version.

When losing in Drop the Pigs levels on the Facebook version, Red's voice sounds like Poppy.

In the Facebook version, if there is an error with the game, such as internet being disconnected or synchronization errors, you will lose a live if you are playing a level.

Update Trivia

Mobile

In the 1.4.30 update, the player can choose between the bird required for the main level or Red when he was available for a limited time (from March 21st 2015 to June 3rd 2015).

Red is also the first playable male from this game.

Also, when playing with Red, you see a feather along with the stars. In order to get the feather, the player must complete the level with Red. The game actually says that "the feathers might be valuable"

Red has been removed as of June 4th 2015, but the collected feathers still stay in the game.

Even if removed, he still appears in the map while playing a guitar.*The Blues appeared in the 1.7.2 update as playable birds in the same manner as Red(avaliable from July 6th to July 20th). However, they require blue feathers.

Blue feathers are earned in the same way as Red: by beating a certain score and completing the level.

Just like Red, The Blues stay for 2 weeks straight, and after they're not going to be playable after the timer is out.

Chuck also appears in the game.

Since v1.8.0 update, the Stella name was removed from the app store's title and the new name is Angry Birds POP!. It was probably due the Stella game was discontinued.

Even as v2.3.0 update, Red and Chuck are now permanent playable birds. Dahlia was a limited time bird at that time.

Before the v2.3.0 update, the limited time birds have their respective feathers. As of the said update, all of their feathers are now as of one- golden feathers.

In version 2.15, daily tasks were added. However, in this update, during the level gameplay, player may activate the bird boost instantly with coins on x3 to x5 streak.

In v2.11.2 mobile update, UI menus have changed.

The Hatchlings introduced in v2.12.0 was to promote the upcoming The Angry Birds Movie.

The Blues were available on the June 23, 2016 for the second time as a part of summer treats for a limited time.

This is the second time the Hatchlings appear as the guest star twice. When the Hatchlings was first introduced, the player has to collect treats for a reward. In the second appearance of the Hatchlings, the player has to complete 3 daily tasks the same manner as Terence's Tasks to earn one part of the movie poster and a booster. Collect all 4 parts to complete a poster.

In version 3 onwards, the game assets can be accessed by extracting its archive.

Some files in the assets folder are named as Gale_XX in the Defeat King Pig.

The episode ''Area 51'' is based on an actual highly classified top-secret government site.

''Unidentified Flying Pigs'', ''Baconheart'', ''FreeeedHam!'' ''A Song of Eggs and Bacon'', and ''King Pig's Landing'' are based on ''UFO (unidentified flying object[s])'', Lionheart (Richard the Lionheart), Freedom, A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of novels by George R.R. Martin which inspired the Game of Thrones series, and King's Landing which is a location from Game of Thrones.

Facebook

In v1.3.0 Facebook update, Time Limited Birds were added.

On Facebook v 1.10.1, daily tasks were added, alongside with the movie posters. It was given 14 days instead of 30 in mobile.

Some of the level numbers shown on the map was cut-off by the objects overlapping on it.

Shakira Bird is still on the map however, she does not animate.

Discontinuation

On September 17, 2016, it was announced that the game on Facebook will be officially discontinued to continue with the mobile version of Angry Birds POP!. This game on Facebook will be closing on December 21, 2016.It was extended to January 2, 2017 stated on the Facebook page.